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As of July 1, 2007, 19 second-tier banks and JSC «Kazpost» realise issue of payment cards. Second-tier banks issue payment cards of local systems: Altyn card – by JSC «Halyk Bank of Kazakhstan»; SmartAlemCard – by JSC «Bank TuranAlem»; TemirCard – by JSC «Темirbаnк»; KazCard – by JSC «Kazpost»; cards of JSC «Caspian Bank», JSC «Citybank Kazakhstan» and JSC «Tsesnabank». Also commercial banks of Kazakhstan issue and distribute payment cards of international systems: VISA International, Europay International, American Express International, China Union Pay and Diners Club International.

As of July 1, 2007, the number of cards, issued by banks of Kazakhstan, was 4.7 million, the number of card holders was 4.5 million (growth - by 27.3% and 27.6% respectively, in comparison with the same period of the last year)[1]. As the most widespread cards, the cards of international payment systems have the share of  95.7% and the local cards – 4.3% respectively. As of July 1, 2006 this ratio was 89.0% and 11.0% correspondingly.

In June 2007 value of transactions using payment cards issued by banks of Kazakhstan was KZT 154.1 billion (47.2% growth in comparison with the same period of the previous year). In June 2007 volume of transactions was 7.2 million transactions (growth - by 23.9% in comparison with the same period of the last year). You can observe advanced growth of the volume of cashless payments (by 50.0% to 1.1 million transactions) in comparison with growth of the volume of cash withdrawal transactions (by 19.1% to 6.1 million transactions).

More detailed data on development of Kazakhstan payment cards market are submitted in Tables 1 - 5.

Table 1

Figures

As of July 1, 2006

As of July 1, 2007

Total number of cards in circulation (thousand), of which:

3 725.4

4 747.1

    - local systems

409.5

203.4

    - international systems, of which:

3 315.9

4 543.7

        Visa International

2 644.4

3 569.0

        Europay International

671.0

973.8

Number of card holders (thousand), of which:

3 546.3

4 550.9

    - local systems

377.8

192.9

    -  international systems, of which:

3 168.5

4 358.0

        Visa International

2 515.5

3 408.0

        Europay International

652.7

949.3

Number of the used payment cards (thousand),of which:

2 133.8

2 635.4

    - local systems

161.5

105.3

    - international systems, of which:

1 972.4

2 530.1

        Visa International

1 588.9

2 028.2

        Europay International

383.4

501.7

Number of POS-terminals, of which:

8 953

13 215

    - at business enterprises

6 924

10 637

    - in banks

2 029

2 578

Number of imprinters, of which:

1 404

1 027

    - at business enterprises

707

593

    - in banks

697

434

Number of ATMs

1 970

3 101

Number of business enterprises

4 475

6 615

Average monthly balance on card accounts (mln.KZT)

52 691.0

75 539.9

 

Table 2

Figures

As of July 1, 2007

Total number of cards in circulation (thousand)

Number of card holders (thousand)

Number of the used payment cards (thousand)

Total on the Republic

4 734.4

4 501.2

2 629.5

Akmola

160.7

155.7

97.4

Aktubinsk

287.5

280.2

143.8

Almaty

123.2

120.5

72.0

Atyrau

253.6

233.5

132.4

East Kazakhstan

388.2

378.9

248.3

Jambul

201.1

196.8

127.2

West Kazakhstan

148.8

143.0

81.7

Karaganda

587.1

569.4

298.1

Kostanai

155.9

151.4

97.0

Kyzylorda

146.7

143.3

81.9

Mangistau

225.0

203.8

127.2

Pavlodar

289.2

280.3

175.8

North Kazakhstan

115.9

111.8

74.2

South Kazakhstan

268.6

261.2

131.6

Almaty (city)

1 043.4

952.7

545.0

Astana (city)

339.5

318.8

196.0

 

Table 3

Figures

As of July 1, 2007

Number of POS-terminals

Number of imprinters

Number of ATMs

Number of business enterprises

Total on the Republic

13 215

1 027

3 101

6 615

Akmola

353

7

101

198

Aktubinsk

665

23

156

346

Almaty

197

5

110

61

Atyrau

697

50

203

317

East Kazakhstan

1 047

49

251

559

Jambul

306

7

106

169

West Kazakhstan

510

22

114

222

Karaganda

1 004

28

314

477

Kostanai

472

20

121

218

Kyzylorda

232

6

87

145

Mangistau

533

23

176

305

Pavlodar

774

17

185

385

North Kazakhstan

332

7

78

205

South Kazakhstan

641

22

158

314

Almaty (city)

4 016

641

687

1 873

Astana (city)

1 436

100

254

821

Use of payment cards, issued by the banks of Kazakhstan, in and outside the territory of Kazakhstan, in June 2007 (the transactions with American Express International, Diners Club International, Visa International and Europay International payment cards that are distributed by commercial banks of Kazakhstan are not included)

Table 4

Figures

June

Non cash payments

Withdrawals of cash

2006

Volume of payments (thousand), of which:

675.0

5 116.2

    - local systems

69.0

330.2

    - international systems, of which:

606.1

4 785.9

        Visa International

499.1

3 871.2

        Europay International

107.0

914.7

Value of payments (mln.KZT), of which:

12 037.7

92 659.5

    - local systems

663.0

6 568.5

    - international systems, of which:

11 374.7

86 091.0

        Visa International

10 102.8

71 338.7

        Europay International

1 271.9

14 752.3

2007

Volume of payments (thousand), of which:

1 079.9

6 094.9

    - local systems

30.4

205.3

    - international systems, of which:

1 049.4

5 889.6

        Visa International

833.3

4 702.9

        Europay International

216.0

1 185.5

Value of payments (mln.KZT), of which:

17 819.1

136 251.3

    - local systems

593.4

5 548.1

    - international systems, of which:

17 225.7

130 703.2

        Visa International

14 398.3

107 002.5

        Europay International

2 823.6

23 654.2

Dynamics in %

Volume of payments, of which:

60.0%

19.1%

    - local systems

-55.9%

-37.8%

    - international systems, of which:

73.1%

23.1%

        Visa International

67.0%

21.5%

        Europay International

by 2.0times

29.6%

Value of payments, of which:

48.0%

47.0%

    - local systems

-10.5%

-15.5%

    - international systems, of which:

51.4%

51.8%

        Visa International

42.5%

50.0%

        Europay International

by 2.2times

60.3%

Use of payment cards, issued by the banks of Kazakhstan and foreign banks, in the territory of Kazakhstan, in June 2007 (the transactions with American Express International, Diners Club International, Visa International and Europay International payment cards that are distributed by commercial banks of Kazakhstan are included)

Table 5

Figures

June

Non cash payments

Withdrawals of cash

Volume of payments (thousand)

Value of payments (mln.KZT)

Volume of payments (thousand)

Value of payments (mln.KZT)

Total on the Republic

1 029.1

15 889.8

6 020.5

126 996.6

Akmola

17.1

356.3

194.0

3 153.5

Aktubinsk

25.8

718.2

351.9

8 757.8

Almaty

22.1

558.4

179.1

3 496.5

Atyrau

24.7

781.3

349.5

8 369.1

East Kazakhstan

60.1

383.4

553.5

9 285.2

Jambul

24.3

165.3

256.0

4 546.9

West Kazakhstan

31.3

872.2

232.5

3 990.9

Karaganda

40.6

1 059.9

618.3

9 987.5

Kostanai

27.5

655.9

210.4

3 622.2

Kyzylorda

43.8

475.6

190.0

4 129.4

Mangistau

20.9

286.7

306.0

7 389.0

Pavlodar

39.0

1 396.7

336.6

6 205.6

North Kazakhstan

25.0

511.9

172.4

2 817.3

South Kazakhstan

17.5

401.5

273.7

6 053.6

Almaty (city)

516.8

5 739.9

1 289.8

33 511.4

Astana (city)

92.6

1 526.5

506.9

11 680.8

 

 

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